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#879ECD

#879ecd ≈ Wild Blue Yonder

  • blue
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#879ecd is a color from the blue family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 52.94% red, 61.96% green and 80.39% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 34.15% cyan, 22.93% magenta, 0% yellow and 19.61% black. Its hue angle is 220.29°, with 41.18% saturation and 66.67% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with trust, stability and focus. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.8:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Wild Blue Yonder (#a2add0), ΔE 6.67.

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Web safe#9999cc
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Relative luminance0.3401

Complementary

  1. #879ecd
  2. #cdb687

Split complementary

  1. #879ecd
  2. #cd9387
  3. #c1cd87

Analogous

  1. #87c1cd
  2. #879ecd
  3. #9387cd

Triadic

  1. #879ecd
  2. #cd879e
  3. #9ecd87

Tetradic

  1. #879ecd
  2. #b687cd
  3. #cdb687
  4. #9ecd87

Square

  1. #879ecd
  2. #cd87c1
  3. #cdb687
  4. #87cd93

Monochromatic

  1. #375084
  2. #5172b7
  3. #879ecd
  4. #bdcae4
  5. #f1f3f9

Shades

#879ecd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #879ecd
  2. #7a8eb9
  3. #6c7ea4
  4. #5f6f90
  5. #515f7b
  6. #444f67
  7. #363f52
  8. #292f3e
  9. #1b2029
  10. #0e1015
  11. #000000

Tints

#879ecd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #879ecd
  2. #93a8d2
  3. #9fb1d7
  4. #abbbdc
  5. #b7c5e1
  6. #c3cfe6
  7. #cfd8eb
  8. #dbe2f0
  9. #e7ecf5
  10. #f3f5fa
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#879ecd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #879ecd
  2. #869bc5
  3. #8698be
  4. #8595b6
  5. #8492ae
  6. #848fa7
  7. #838c9f
  8. #828997
  9. #81868f
  10. #818388
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.69:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.8:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9e9e9e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #959eb3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #8ea1cf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #879bcc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #72a8ae ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #8ba0ce ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #879ccc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #7ba4bb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-879ecd {
  color: #879ecd;
}
Background
.bg-879ecd {
  background-color: #879ecd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-879ecd {
  border: 2px solid #879ecd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #879ecd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 135 158 205;
  --color-primary-hsl: 220 41% 67%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-879ecd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #879ecd, #9387cd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-879ecd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(135 158 205 / 0.35);
}

#a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 6.67 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 7.47 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.83 #8c92ac Cool Gray ΔE 8.27 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 8.40 #6082b6 Glaucous ΔE 10.25 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 10.70 #786132 Inverted #9e9e9e Grayscale 

Wild Blue Yonder
#879ecd  rgb(135, 158, 205)  hsl(220, 41%, 67%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#cdb687  rgb(205, 182, 135)  hsl(40, 41%, 67%)  Ecru
#cd879e  rgb(205, 135, 158)  hsl(340, 41%, 67%)  Puce
#9ecd87  rgb(158, 205, 135)  hsl(100, 41%, 67%)  Pistachio